Heather Welch
Researcher at University of California, Santa Cruz
California, United States
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Top SchoolHeather Welch is a marine spatial researcher based in California with nine years of experience studying the spatial and temporal dynamics of large-scale marine processes. At UCSC she designs and applies geospatial methods to inform regional habitat mapping and spatial management, drawing on prior roles at NOAA and the Great Barrier Reef research center. Her background combines hands-on GIS expertise—developed teaching and tutoring ArcGIS tools—with stewardship of sensitive biodiversity datasets and synthesis of historical and grey literature. She has bridged academic research and applied management, producing actionable reports for resource managers and contributing to national-scale conservation planning. Comfortable with integrating dynamic environmental variables into maps, she brings a practical, data-driven approach to anticipating changing marine systems.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Marine Biology, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Marine Biology at James Cook UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Biology-Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Biology-Environmental Studies at Whitman College
Github Skills (16)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
HeatherWelch/EcoCast_Operationalization
Jan 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:15 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
CM26-Climate-Paper/Analysis-code
Nov 2016 - Sep 2019
Contributions:65 commits, 4 PRs, 57 pushes in 2 years 10 months
pythonmovementsin-progressseasonalmid
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